diff --git a/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh b/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh
index 42d7bc66d002..368885246a73 100755
--- a/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh
+++ b/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh
@@ -846,6 +846,11 @@ mac80211_setup_mesh() {
 	[ -n "$mcast_rate" ] && wpa_supplicant_add_rate mcval "$mcast_rate"
 	[ -n "$mesh_id" ] && ssid="$mesh_id"
 
+	brstr=
+	for br in $basic_rate_list; do
+		wpa_supplicant_add_rate brstr "$br"
+	done
+
 	local prev
 	json_set_namespace wdev_uc prev
 
@@ -856,6 +861,7 @@ mac80211_setup_mesh() {
 	json_add_string freq "$freq"
 	json_add_string htmode "$iw_htmode"
 	[ -n "$mcval" ] && json_add_string mcast-rate "$mcval"
+	[ -n "$brstr" ] && json_add_string basic-rates "$brstr"
 	json_add_int beacon-interval "$beacon_int"
 	mac80211_add_mesh_params
 
diff --git a/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files/usr/share/hostap/wdev.uc b/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files/usr/share/hostap/wdev.uc
index d836a930fc4f..166e9403dfce 100644
--- a/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files/usr/share/hostap/wdev.uc
+++ b/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files/usr/share/hostap/wdev.uc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function iface_start(wdev)
 		system(cmd);
 	} else if (wdev.mode == "mesh") {
 		let cmd = [ "iw", "dev", ifname, "mesh", "join", wdev.ssid, "freq", wdev.freq, htmode ];
-		for (let key in [ "mcast-rate", "beacon-interval" ])
+		for (let key in [ "basic-rates", "mcast-rate", "beacon-interval" ])
 			if (wdev[key])
 				push(cmd, key, wdev[key]);
 		system(cmd);